Paper Pusher Aficionado Mugs

'I see the top drawer of that cabinet is still sticking...'

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

Storm in the out tray

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

Food Chain, Inc: 'UP...DOWN'.

'One of the new targets is targeting which targets we're meant to target.'

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"

"Simplified application form? . . . This IS the simplified application form!"

'You can come down a peg. Mesopotamia gave the world bureaucracy, you know.'

'As far as clock watching goes, you take the biscuit.'

'On your marks. Get set. Go!' - 'Come on! Keep going! You can do it!' - 'Yay! You're 8 hours closer to the grave!' - 'Oh, God.'

'That's my 'job security' barometer.'

The Affordable Shredder

"I thought that modern communications systems were meant to be more efficient...That they would cut down on waste and duplication."

Bureaucracy gone mad!

'Good new. . . we're moving you to a bigger desk!'

Desk trays: The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

In and In Too Deep Desk Organizers.

Bureau of the Damned

"Just as I thought! You used our competitor's paper for your resume!"

Dog bringing paper and paper boy.

Whelmed and Over-Whelmed

'Welcome aboard, Bob. Your job is to figure out what the hell happened here.'

-"Wife and kids?" -"No, a photo of a set of beautifully prepared accounts."

'OK, who moved the photocopier?'

Work avalanche

"It's a 670 page questionnaire on how to cut back on unnecessary bureaucracy!"

'Of course I'd never fire you, Nelson. You've been working here for such a long time, you've become part of the furmiture!'

'I don't know what he's doing or why he's doing it, but by golly, I love his work ethic.'

'Too long at his desk...we're going need surgery to cut him free.'

"So from the top. If they need urgent help it's form AC/765c, criticl interventions are CV/U657's and..."

Distractions: Work Disputes